Canton man accused of assaulting girlfriend, others

Christopher L. Blackford, 39, of Apt. 811 at 131 Fifth St. NE, was also injured,

Lori Monsewicz CantonRep.com staff writer @lmonsewiczREP

A man indicted last month on felony domestic violence charges was arrested after he was accused of breaking into a home and assaulting his girlfriend and everyone else there early Tuesday morning.

Christopher L. Blackford, 39, of Apt. 811 at 131 Fifth St. NE, was also injured, Stark County Jail records show.

Jail records said he broke into a home and assaulted the woman and an undisclosed number of other people who were there.

He was arrested at 1:16 a.m. in the 800 block of 12th Street NW and taken to an area hospital to be "medically cleared" before he was jailed, the jail records said.

Blackford already had been wanted on warrants charging him with felony domestic violence and disrupting public services.

Stark County court records show he was indicted on those charges Oct. 16 and a capias warrant was issued for his arrest Nov. 11 when he failed to show up in court.

The court records show he went to prison in 2002 for felony domestic violence and felony inmate harassment, and in 1999 for felony retaliation. He also has been to jail several times for aggravated menacing, the court records show.

Blackford remained in jail early Wednesday, held without bond on felony charges of aggravated burglary, disrupting public services and counts of domestic violence, one of which was the capias warrant issued last week.